Isn't this true of basically any country?
It was forbidden in Brazil.. They changed the law to allow and the country jumped to #1 in sports gambling in less then 1 year..
other types of gambling are likely following the same trend..
gambling sites made 20bi profit last year... that is equivalent to 1% of the country GDP..
Retail already noticed a slowdown because people are stopping spending money to gamble or are already heavily in debt..